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1978
Tournament titles: 7
Match Record: 56-3
Virginia Slims of Boston (Boston, MA): 1R def. JoAnne Russell 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; 2R def. Beth Norton 6-1, 6-4; QF def. Rosemary Casals 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Billie Jean King 6-3, 6-2; F lost to Evonne Goolagong Cawley 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
* Virginia Slims of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA): 1R def.
Laura DuPont 6-2, 6-2; 2R def. Regina Marsikova 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; QF def. Wendy
Turnbull 6-2, 6-1; SF def. Virginia Wade 6-3, 6-2; F def. Billie Jean King 6-0,
6-4
* Family Circle Magazine Cup (Hilton Head, SC): 1R def. Beth
Norton 6-1, 6-0; 2R def. Mima Jausovec 6-0, 6-1; QF def. Renee Richards 6-4,
6-3; SF def. Tracy Austin 6-3, 6-1; F def. Kerry Melville Reid 6-2, 6-0
Eastbourne International (Eastbourne, England): 1R def. Katja
Ebbinghaus 6-1, 6-2; 2R def. Aleida Spex 6-0, 6-1; 3R def. Lea Antonoplis 6-3,
6-1; QF def. Anne Hobbs 6-1, 6-0; SF def. Wendy Turnbull 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; F lost
to Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 9-7
All England Championships (Wimbledon, England): 2R def. Helena Anliot
6-1, 6-0; 3R def. Laura DuPont 6-1, 4-6, 6-0; 4R def. Kerry Melville Reid 6-3,
6-4; QF def. Billie Jean King 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; SF def. Virginia Wade 8-6, 6-2;
F lost to Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
* United States Open Championships (Flushing, Queens, NY):
2R def. Donna Ganz 6-0, 6-4; 3R def. Caroline Stoll 6-1, 7-5; 4R def. Regina
Marsikova 6-4, 6-1; QF def. Tracy Austin 7-5, 6-1; SF def. Wendy Turnbull 6-3,
6-0; F def. Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4
* Wyler’s Women’s Tennis Classic (Atlanta, GA):
1R def. Valerie Ziegenfuss 6-3, 6-0; 2R def. Sharon Walsh 6-1, 6-0; QF def.
Zenda Liess 6-3, 6-1; SF def. Betty Stove 6-0, 6-0; F def. Martina Navratilova
7-6, 0-6, 6-3
* United States Women’s Indoor Championship (Bloomington,
MN): 1R def. Pat Bostrom 6-0, 6-1; 2R def. Regina Marsikova 6-1, 6-4; QF def.
Virginia Ruzici 6-0, 6-2; SF def. Wendy Turnbull 6-4, 6-0; F def. Virginia Wade
6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Daihatsu Challenge (Brighton, England): 1R def. Rene Blount
5-7, 6-1, 6-3; 2R def. JoAnne Russell 6-0, 6-2; QF def. Sylvia Hanika 6-3, 6-4;
SF defaulted to Betty Stove
* Colgate Series Championships (Mission Hills, CA): RR def.
Virginia Ruzici 6-1, 6-3; RR def. Regina Marsikova 6-3, 6-4; SF def. Virginia
Wade 6-2, 6-2; F def. Martina Navratilova 6-3, 6-3
Wightman Cup (London, England): def. Sue Barker 6-2, 6-1; def. Virginia
Wade 6-0, 6-1; Sue Barker-Virginia Wade def. Evert-Pam Shriver 6-0, 5-7, 6-4
Federation Cup (Melbourne, Australia): 1R def. Hanh Yoo-Ja, Republic
of Korea 6-1, 6-0; 2R def. Judy Chaloner, New Zealand 6-1, 6-1; QF def. Brigitte
Simon, France 6-2, 6-2; SF def. Virginia Wade, Great Britain 6-2, 6-4; F def.
Wendy Turnbull, Australia 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
* Tokyo Invitational (Tokyo, Japan): SF def. Virginia Wade
6-1, 6-3; F def. Martina Navratilova 7-5, 6-2
